New Bedford to Boston bus stops when passenger smokes marijuana

NEW BEDFORD — A Dattco bus stopped on its way to Boston Wednesday morning because of a passenger apparently smoking marijuana, according to Ward 4 City Councilor Dana Rebeiro, a passenger on the bus.

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By SIMÓN RIOS

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By SIMÓN RIOS

Posted Jun. 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM

By SIMÓN RIOS

Posted Jun. 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM

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NEW BEDFORD — A Dattco bus stopped on its way to Boston Wednesday morning because of a passenger apparently smoking marijuana, according to Ward 4 City Councilor Dana Rebeiro, a passenger on the bus.

"Yeah, I smelled it," said Rebeiro, who took the 11 o'clock bus from New Bedford.

Rebeiro said at first she thought the odor was coming from a woman with a suitcase.

"I started to smell it and I was like, oh my God, this woman has a suitcase full of weed," she said.

But a fellow passenger corrected Rebeiro, pointing to the back of the bus at a man Rebeiro had seen drinking a beer at the bus station.

After the driver was informed, he pulled over and phoned authorities for assistance. A State Police trooper boarded the bus, but the man denied any involvement. Rebeiro said the trooper offered to escort the passenger off the bus, but the driver said it was OK, just "tell him not to smoke anything."

"People were upset because they were saying it's a public bus and there was a little kid on the bus," she said.

State Police out of the Dartmouth barracks said they responded to a Dattco bus Wednesday morning, but gave no further details. Louise Goulart, administrative assistant with Dattco, said the company had no information on the incident, other than that authorities were called. She said the driver is expected to file a report detailing what took place.

Rebeiro said the bus stopped on Route 140, heading to the Silver City Galleria in Taunton. She said the whole incident took about 15 minutes — and the bus arrived on schedule.

Asked if she felt a "second-hand high" from the marijuana, Rebeiro said no. But she reported feeling a little tired, probably because she hadn't had her morning coffee.